HEFEI, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Once an obsolete airport, Luogang Park at the center of Hefei city in east China's Anhui Province, now serves as the urban air transportation hub and a "super experimental field" for low-altitude economy, where services such as sightseeing by "air taxi" and drone takeout delivery are readily available at the visitors' fingertips.
In recent years, Hefei has been vigorously developing low-altitude economy and continuously enrich related consumption scenarios. It has launched over 100 low-altitude service routes including sightseeing, medical supplies delivery, takeout delivery, rail track patrol, power line patrol, and fire-safety patrol.
Staff members check an electric vertical take-off-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft before a flight demonstration at Luogang Park in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, June 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)
An aerial drone photo taken on July 5, 2024 shows a drone delivering a takeout at Luogang Park in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. (Photo by Luo Haoyu/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on April 29, 2024 shows a drone dropping a takeout at Anshang grassland in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. (Photo by Ye Yuting/Xinhua)
An undated aerial drone photo shows an electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle performing flight demonstration at Luogang Park in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua)
A drone photo taken on June 23, 2025 shows an electric vertical take-off-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft performing flight demonstration at Luogang Park in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. (Photo by Zhao Xianfu/Xinhua)
A drone photo taken on June 23, 2025 shows an electric vertical take-off-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft performing flight demonstration at Luogang Park in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. (Photo by Zhao Xianfu/Xinhua)
A drone photo taken on June 23, 2025 shows an electric vertical take-off-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft performing flight demonstration at Luogang Park in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. (Photo by Zhao Xianfu/Xinhua)